Hosea 7:4

“They are all adulterers, as an oven heated by the baker, who ceaseth from raising after he hath kneaded the dough, until it be leavened.”

"They are all adulterers, as an oven heated by the baker, who ceaseth from raising after he hath kneaded the dough, until it be leavened." - Hosea 7:4
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What does Hosea 7:4 mean?

Hosea 7:4 (KJV) reads: "They are all adulterers, as an oven heated by the baker, who ceaseth from raising after he hath kneaded the dough, until it be leavened." The book of Hosea is one of the 12 Minor Prophets in the Old Testament of the Bible. Written by the prophet Hosea…

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The Silent Heat of Spiritual Adultery

The verse from Hosea 7:4, "They are all adulterers, as an oven heated by the baker, who ceaseth from raising after he hath kneaded the dough, until it be leavened" (KJV), poignantly illustrates the state of Israel’s heart towards God during the time of the prophet Hosea. This…

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A Prayer for Purity and Restoration

O Lord God, our Heavenly Father, We come before You today with hearts weighed down by the burdens of sin and the struggles of our earthly existence. Your Word, as written in Hosea 7:4, serves as a stark reminder of our nature: "They are all adulterers, as an oven heated by the…

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Hosea 7:4 - "They are all adulterers, as an oven heated by the baker, who ceaseth from raising after he hath kneaded the dough, until it be leavened."
Hosea 4:7 - "As they were increased, so they sinned against me: therefore will I change their glory into shame."
"As they were increased, so they sinned against me: therefore will I change their glory into shame." - Hosea 4:7
Hosea 7:3 - "They make the king glad with their wickedness, and the princes with their lies."
Hosea 4:4 - "Yet let no man strive, nor reprove another: for thy people are as they that strive with the priest."
Hosea 4:17 - "Ephraim is joined to idols: let him alone."
Hosea 10:7 - "As for Samaria, her king is cut off as the foam upon the water."
Hosea 7:7 - "They are all hot as an oven, and have devoured their judges; all their kings are fallen: there is none among them that calleth unto me."
Hosea 2:4 - "And I will not have mercy upon her children; for they be the children of whoredoms."
Hosea 13:7 - "Therefore I will be unto them as a lion: as a leopard by the way will I observe them:"
Hosea 6:7 - "But they like men have transgressed the covenant: there have they dealt treacherously against me."
Hosea 7:8 - "Ephraim, he hath mixed himself among the people; Ephraim is a cake not turned."
Hosea 4:8 - "They eat up the sin of my people, and they set their heart on their iniquity."
Hosea 7:11 - "¶ Ephraim also is like a silly dove without heart: they call to Egypt, they go to Assyria."
Hosea 4:19 - "The wind hath bound her up in her wings, and they shall be ashamed because of their sacrifices."
Hosea 4:2 - "By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood."
Hosea 7:15 - "Though I have bound and strengthened their arms, yet do they imagine mischief against me."
Hosea 7:10 - "And the pride of Israel testifieth to his face: and they do not return to the LORD their God, nor seek him for all this."
Hosea 4:16 - "For Israel slideth back as a backsliding heifer: now the LORD will feed them as a lamb in a large place."
Hosea 4:9 - "And there shall be, like people, like priest: and I will punish them for their ways, and reward them their doings."
Hosea 14:4 - "¶ I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely: for mine anger is turned away from him."
"They make the king glad with their wickedness, and the princes with their lies." - Hosea 7:3
Hosea 5:7 - "They have dealt treacherously against the LORD: for they have begotten strange children: now shall a month devour them with their portions."
Hosea 7:9 - "Strangers have devoured his strength, and he knoweth it not: yea, gray hairs are here and there upon him, yet he knoweth not."
Hosea 7:5 - "In the day of our king the princes have made him sick with bottles of wine; he stretched out his hand with scorners."
"Ephraim is joined to idols: let him alone." - Hosea 4:17
Hosea 10:4 - "They have spoken words, swearing falsely in making a covenant: thus judgment springeth up as hemlock in the furrows of the field."
Hosea 7:6 - "For they have made ready their heart like an oven, whiles they lie in wait: their baker sleepeth all the night; in the morning it burneth as a flaming fire."
Hosea 7:16 - "They return, but not to the most High: they are like a deceitful bow: their princes shall fall by the sword for the rage of their tongue: this shall be their derision in the land of Egypt."